CN104303098A - Backlight light guide - Google Patents
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Abstract
A backlight light guide comprises a generally planar structure having a light guide layer having a surface that includes a spaced array of extractors, a backside reflective layer, a low refractive index coupling layer disposed on an opposite major surface of the light guide layer, and a reflective polarizer to provide recycling of unused light.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates generally to illuminator, and relates more specifically to the backlight photoconduction for display.
Background technology
Photoconduction and light source (such as, light emitting diode (LED)) use together to be applied for multiple illumination.In an embody rule, photoconduction is generally used for as LCD display provides illumination.Light is transmitted in photoconduction by light source usually, particularly when needs very thin backlight, such as, in laptop display.Photoconduction is the translucent solid plate of relative thin, and its length and width dimensions export the size of area close to backlight.The light that light guide utilizes total internal reflection (TIR) to make to send from the lamp being arranged on edge is through the length of whole light guide or width transmission or the opposite edges guiding to backlight, and on the surface of light guide, be provided with inhomogenous local extract structure plan, thus this guided the some of them of light again to derive from light guide towards the output area of backlight.This type of backlight also comprises light-management film usually, is such as arranged on reflecting material after photoconduction or below and the reflective polarizer films be arranged on before photoconduction or above and prismatic brightness enhancement films (BEF), to increase on-axis luminance.
Because the most frequently used light source (such as LED) has relatively large height and emission angle scope, therefore the thickness of photoconduction is generally corresponding thick in coupling light effectively.Described by having in U.S. Patent Publication 2009/0316431 for the conventional illuminator of liquid crystal display.Conventional illuminator will couple light to planar-light guide from light source.Photoconduction has roughly the same height with light source usually, because the coupling efficiency that the height reducing photoconduction will reduce from light source to photoconduction.
But common membrane type photoconduction or the remarkable shortcoming of board-like photoconduction are the mismatch between the little aspect ratio of LED and the extreme aspect ratio of photoconduction.LED has the typical aspect ratio of about 1:1 to about 4:1, and edge photoconduction can have about 20:1 to the aspect ratio up to about 100:1 or larger.This mismatch causes the light in photoconduction to have the higher latitude of emulsion (also referred to as throughput) usually compared with the light launched from LED.This high latitude of emulsion causes photoconduction to need to increase thickness then, and causes photoconduction to need Air Interface on one or more.Therefore, photoconduction can be thicker than liquid crystal display device module, and Air Interface can limit some application, such as touches and haptic applications.
Summary of the invention
In one aspect of the invention, backlight photoconduction comprises the structure being roughly plane, the described structure being roughly plane has photoconductive layer, dorsal part reflection horizon, be arranged on low-refraction coupling layer in the corresponding main surfaces of photoconductive layer and in order to provide the reflecting polarizer recycled not making to use up, described photoconductive layer has the surface of the spaced array comprising extraction apparatus.
Foregoing invention content of the present invention is not intended to describe each illustrated embodiment of the present invention or often kind of embodiment.Accompanying drawing and embodiment subsequently more particularly exemplify these embodiments.
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Embodiments of the invention can be understood better in conjunction with the following drawings.Element in accompanying drawing may not relative to each other be drawn in proportion.
Fig. 1 is the isometric views of exemplary backlights system according to an aspect of the present invention.
Fig. 2 A be the converter unit of back light source system according to another aspect of the present invention wait axle partial view.
Fig. 2 B be the knuckle section of the converter unit of back light source system according to another aspect of the present invention wait axle partial view.
Fig. 2 C is another isometric views of the knuckle section of the converter unit of back light source system according to another aspect of the present invention.
Fig. 2 D is the isometric views of the distortion photoconduction part of the converter unit of back light source system according to another aspect of the present invention.
Fig. 2 E is another axle such as grade (bottom side) view of the distortion photoconduction part of the converter unit of back light source system according to another aspect of the present invention.
Fig. 2 F is the side view of the distortion photoconduction part of the converter unit of back light source system according to another aspect of the present invention.
Fig. 2 G is the isometric views of the coupling element part of back light source system according to another aspect of the present invention.
Fig. 2 H is another isometric views of the coupling element part of back light source system according to another aspect of the present invention.
Fig. 2 I is another isometric views of the converter unit of back light source system according to another aspect of the present invention.
Fig. 2 J is the isometric views of alternative converter unit of back light source system according to another aspect of the present invention.
Fig. 2 K is the front view of the input face of another alternative converter unit of back light source system according to another aspect of the present invention.
Fig. 2 L is the front view of the output face of alternative converter unit of Fig. 2 K.
Fig. 3 A be according to an aspect of the present invention enter converter unit, the cross-sectional illustration of exemplary light beam of the aspect ratio (X:Y) with about 1:1 to about 2:1.
Fig. 3 B be according to an aspect of the present invention leave converter unit, the cross-sectional illustration of the exemplary light beam of the aspect ratio (X:Y) with about 50:1.
Fig. 4 is the isometric views of exemplary light source unit according to another aspect of the present invention.
Fig. 5 A is the partial view such as axle such as grade of exemplary backlights photoconduction according to another aspect of the present invention.
Fig. 5 B is the schematic diagram of exemplary backlights optical guide unit according to another aspect of the present invention.
Fig. 6 A is the isometric views of exemplary extraction element according to another aspect of the present invention.
Fig. 6 B is the top view of the exemplary extraction apparatus layer of backlight optical guide unit according to another aspect of the present invention.
Fig. 7 A-7F is some views that the example procedure forming back light source system and/or its parts is shown according to another embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 8 be according to another aspect of the present invention for the formation of the isometric views of mould with the backlight photoconduction extracting feature.
Fig. 9 A-9F is some views that the example procedure forming the mould with extraction feature is shown according to another embodiment of the invention.
Although the present invention accepts various modification and alternative form, its concrete mode illustrates in the accompanying drawings by way of example, and will be described in greater detail.But, be to be understood that its object is not to limit the invention to described specific embodiment.On the contrary, its object is to be encompassed in all modifications form, equivalents and the alternative form in the scope of the invention defined by appended claims.
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In the following specific embodiments, by quoting the accompanying drawing forming a part herein, in the drawings to illustrate that the mode wherein may putting into practice specific embodiments of the invention illustrates the present invention.In this regard, such as " top ", " bottom ", "front", "rear", " front portion ", " forward " and " afterbody " directional terms should use in conjunction with described diagram orientation.Because the assembly of embodiments of the invention can orientate multiple different orientation as, thus directional terminology for illustration of object, and do not have any restricted.Should be appreciated that without departing from the scope of the invention, other embodiments can be utilized, and amendment that is structural or logicality can be carried out.Therefore, be not limited to and adopt following embodiment, and covering scope of the present invention is defined by following claims.
The present invention relates to illuminator, and relate more specifically to have the back light source system of distortion photoconduction, described back light source system provides efficient illumination for display.Back light source system and parts thereof combine or are designed to individually provide the high efficiency lighting system with the low latitude of emulsion.Like this, the quantity of general components can be reduced and the needs can eliminated air space, provide chance thus for pressure-sensing touch display and haptic system.Back light source system has some advantages, comprises having thinner profile, allowing to use optically transparent bonding agent (OCA) carry out laminated and eliminate or reduce diagonal angle and strengthen the needs of film.
Fig. 1 shows the isometric views of the exemplary backlights system 10 of the display (not shown) that can be used for illuminating such as LCD and so on.Back light source system 10 comprises light source cell 100, converter unit 200 and backlight optical guide unit 300.Being illustrated in greater detail in light source cell 100 in Fig. 4 for back light source system 10 provides light source.The converter unit 200 be illustrated in greater detail in Fig. 2 A to Fig. 2 I comprises the distortion photoconduction be directed to by the light from light source cell 100 in backlight optical guide unit 300.The backlight optical guide unit 300 be illustrated in greater detail in Fig. 5 A to 5B comprises backlight photoconduction, and described backlight photoconduction has multiple extraction feature output light to be provided to the display of such as LCD display and so on.This output light has good homogeneity.In addition, the light from light source is coupled to display by described system effectively, and provides the output light that can carry out part collimation along at least one axis.Therefore, exemplary backlights system 10 can be used as the part of following multiple device and application, such as transmission type LCD, transflective LCD and reflective LCD (kneetop computer, panel computer, mobile phone, electronic reader etc.), cholesteric device, MEMS device and liquid paper device, mark and can conformal figure and indicator (such as Vehicular display device).
Now by describe in more detail in these parts each.It should be noted that, these parts 100,200 with the miscellaneous part of the exemplary backlights system of Fig. 1 or can use with each in 300 together with conventional backlight system unit.
As the converter unit 200 shown in Fig. 2 A to Fig. 2 I, converter unit 200 comprises distortion photoconduction 210, and described distortion photoconduction 210 has input face 212, knuckle section 250 and the orthogonal optical leaving plane corresponding to the light leaving converter unit 200 and limits face 214.By the light launched from light source 100, (it has the aspect ratio being less than about 10:1 to converter unit 200, the aspect ratio of all 1:1 according to appointment to about 1:2) (it has the aspect ratio being greater than 10:1 to convert linear output beam to, all at least 20:1 according to appointment, the preferably aspect ratio of about at least 50:1 or preferred about at least 100:1).Fig. 3 A shows the cross-sectional illustration of the exemplary light beam 262 of the aspect ratio (X:Y) with about 1:1 entering converter unit 200.Fig. 3 B shows the cross-sectional illustration of the exemplary light beam 264 of the aspect ratio (X:Y) with about 50:1 leaving converter unit 200.In preferred at one, converter unit converts the light launched from light source to linear output beam, and described linear output beam has the aspect ratio than large at least four times of light source aspect ratio.
Input face 212 receives the light from light source cell 100, as hereafter described in more detail.Light is injected coupling mechanism 280 (its can independent of converter unit 200 or the part for converter unit 200) (as hereafter described in more detail) through converter unit 200, or alternatively, directly inject backlight optical guide unit 300.In one aspect, as shown in Fig. 2 D, 2E and 2F, photoconduction 210 is for having the structure being roughly straight line of input surface 212, top surface 213, orthogonal faces 214, relative orthogonal surface 216, lower surface 215 and end surface 217.Surface 215 comprises stepped surface, the height of photoconduction 210 is successively decreased along from surface 212 (having height=h1) to the length L of relative end surface 217 (having height=h2, wherein h2<<h1).In one example in which, for the application of mobile unit backlight, h1 can be about 1mm, and width can be about 2mm, and L can be about 50mm to about 150mm.In another example, for the display application of televisor and large-size, h1 can be about 5mm, and width can be about 10mm, and L can be about 500mm to about 1000mm.
In one aspect, top surface 213 is substantially orthogonal relative to input surface 212, and lower surface 215 comprises multiple angled step, and wherein each angled step is parallel to top surface 213.Therefore, photoconduction 210 can be substantially straight line, ladder and the structure that tilts, and can be formed by the optically transparent material of such as polymkeric substance (such as, polycarbonate) or glass and so on.
In addition, photoconduction 210 can comprise knuckle section 250, described knuckle section 250 can comprise multiple steering component (herein also referred to as steering gear) 251a, 251b etc. (see Fig. 2 B and Fig. 2 C), and wherein each knuckle section makes the direction of light change about 90 °.According to the size of backlight optical guide unit 300, the quantity of deflector element can in the scope of several (3 or 4) to 20 or more.Steering component 251a, 251b etc. integrated can be formed as the part of photoconduction 210, or they may be separately formed, suitable bonding agent or binding material (such as optically transparent bonding agent) is utilized to be attached to the lower surface 215 (see such as Fig. 2 E) of photoconduction 210 subsequently.
In one aspect, each steering gear comprises coupling or uncoupled input face 252, make light direction change about 90 ° reflecting surface 256 (face 256a, 256b etc. such as, shown in Fig. 2 B) and be coupled to or non-coupled to the output face 254 of coupling element 280 or backlight optical guide unit 300.Each knuckle section is thin (size relative to input face 212), makes each steering gear input face trap an only part for incident light and this light is reflected to coupling mechanism 280/ backlight optical guide unit 300.Such as, each deflector element can have about 30 μm to 200 μm, preferably the thickness of about 50 μm.Therefore, in one aspect, each steering component is constructed to the rectangular prism of substantitally planar.Therefore, in one aspect, the height of input surface 212 be approximately equal to the height of all steering structures and.
Each steering component 251a, 251b etc. can have the mirror image face or TIR 45 ° of faces that make reflected incident light about 90 ° of angles.When main of steering gear, each freedom of end face 258 and bottom surface 259 comparatively low-index material defines time, light is trapped in each steering gear.Such as, bottom surface 259 is defined by air, and end face 258 can be defined by the optically transparent bonding agent of the refractive index of the refractive index had lower than photoconduction 210 (such as, 1.49).Alternatively, can exist and be administered to surface 215 or be administered to surface 258 or be administered to both low refractive index coating, and these surfaces are coupled to each other.Similarly, surface 213 and 259 can be coated with low-index material and be attached to other elements in display to allow material.Suitable low refractive index coating comprises silicon dioxide and magnesium fluoride.In another is alternative, distortion photoconduction 210 can be formed by the material had lower than the refractive index of the material for the formation of steering gear 250.In another is alternative, the refractive index of distortion photoconduction can be similar to the refractive index of steering component, and without the need to arranging low-index material between both, and photoconduction can have lower than the distortion height h1 of input face of photoconduction but the thickness of the thickness higher than knuckle section 250.
As shown in Figure 2 B, the first input light part 262a is diverted element 251a and traps.Input light part experiences total internal reflection in steering component 251a, and guide from angled reflecting surface 256a towards output face 254.Input light part 262a penetrates steering component and exports light part 264a to be formed.Similarly, the second light part 262b is trapped by steering component 251b, is positioned at the downstream of steering component 251a described steering component 251b axially-spaced and is positioned at the At The Height of the height a little more than steering component 251a.This input light part experiences total internal reflection in steering component 251b, and guide from angled reflecting surface 256b towards output face 254.Input light part 262b penetrates steering component and exports light part 264b to be formed.In a similar manner, each follow-up steering component all traps a part for input light and this light part is directed to coupling mechanism 280/ backlight optical guide unit 300 again.Therefore, export light part 264a, 264b etc. and form the linear beam with the high aspect ratio of at least 20:1 or larger.
Reflecting surface 256a, 256b etc. can be smooth or curved surface.In addition, in some respects, reflecting surface 256a, 256b etc. can be coated with reflectance coating.Such as, reflecting surface 256a, 256b etc. can be coated with the coating of metal or dielectric stratification.Alternatively, reflecting surface 256a, 256b etc. can carry out simple polishing to make light experiences total internal reflection (TIR).
In structure, for the converter unit comprising photoconduction and the knuckle section formed separately, optically transparent bonding agent or low-refraction binding material can be utilized to be coupled in the lower surface 215 of photoconduction 210 by knuckle section 250.In this regard, steering component input surface 252a (see Fig. 2 B) can coordinate with bottom stepped surfaces 215a (see Fig. 2 E), and next steering component input surface 252b can coordinate with next bottom stepped surfaces 215b, by that analogy.According to alternative aspect, the input face of steering gear 250 can with photoconduction 210 optical coupled or non-coupled.Optical coupled steering gear can be more effective because reducing Fresnel reflection, but can cause the loss of the steering gear with 45 ° of faces because of the erroneous path of light beam.Therefore, alternatively, when use has the steering component in 45 ° of faces, input face can be with photoconduction 210 uncoupled.Similarly, the output face (such as, face 254 (as shown in Figure 2 B)) of deflector element can be and to be coupled with the input face of coupling mechanism 280/ backlight optical guide unit 300 or uncoupled.
Of the present invention alternative in, converter unit 200 can have alternative structure.Such as, as shown in fig. 2j, converter unit 200 ' can comprise stacking of film 205a to 205g.Film can overlie one another together, and has the interlayer of optically transparent bonding agent or the reflectance coating (not shown) of low-refraction.Each film can have reflector surface (such as surperficial 264g), described reflector surface comprises mirror image face or TIR 45 ° of faces, described mirror image face or TIR 45 ° of faces can enter the incident light of converter unit 200 ' (such as by via input face 212 ', light 262a-262g) reflection about 90 ° of angles, turn to make incident light and export as light 264a to 264g.As shown in fig. 2j, reflecting surface be continuously, axially isolated.Alternatively, each rete can comprise a series of etching line (such as circular bend) be formed at wherein, and described etching line produces and turns to passage incident light to be directed to coupling mechanism 280/ backlight optical guide unit 300 in each rete.In addition, by the output face of knuckle section 250 being coupled to optically the input face of coupling mechanism 280/ backlight optical guide unit 300 to increase the efficiency of bending photoconduction.
This alternative structure keeps light source along the homogeneity-can have light intensity heterogeneous when light illuminating photoconduction at least one direction and film stacks the distribution kept along an axle.Described film also allows light to carry out the homogeneity distributing to promote the light illuminating backlight optical guide unit 300 along other axles.Mentioned by before this, low refractive index coating can be interposed between rete to keep the light of a rete and another rete to isolate.According to the demand of whole display system, this structure can increase general thickness and can reduce coupling efficiency.
In another alternative embodiment, as shown in Fig. 2 K and 2L, alternative converter unit can comprise optical fiber array.In this example, input face 212 " show in Fig. 2 K for comprising N × M fiber array.This input face 212 " be configured to receive the light with the aspect ratio of about 1:1 from light source cell.Output face 254 " comprise single N × M fiber, the output light of the aspect ratio with about at least 20:1 is provided thus.
Therefore, converter unit 200 can comprise the rigidity or flexible body with convergent or non-tapered shape, and described rigidity or flexible body can make the aspect ratio in source change more than an order of magnitude.
Above-mentioned converter unit is configured to convert the form of incident light source or aspect ratio to line.This structure also keeps the latitude of emulsion of light source substantially.
By any amount of Source Type providing source light, but more preferably source is LED light source.
Fig. 4 shows exemplary light source unit 100.Light source cell 100 can comprise single led (such as LED 110), two LED, or more a LED, this depends on the type of the display be illuminated.Can utilize one or more compound parabolic collector 105, lens (not shown) or their combination that converter unit 200 is coupled in the output of LED110.Certainly, in alternative embodiment, lens or multiple lens combination can be utilized to collect or collimate the output of LED.
As shown in Figure 4, LED 110 can be arranged on one or more ingate 102a-102d.Be configured to collect and concentrate from the compound parabolic collector (CPC) 105 of the light of four LED although Fig. 4 shows, in other aspects of the present invention, CPC 105 can collect and concentrate the light of the LED from less or more quantity.The interior section of CPC 105 can be hollow, and can construct according to the mode identical with conventional CPC.LED light is exported from outlet opening 104.
In this regard, " light emitting diode " or " LED " refers to radiative diode, and what no matter launch is visible ray, ultraviolet light or infrared light, and the light wherein launched is positioned at by having in the peak wavelength of about 430 to 700nm scope.Term LED comprises incoherent light source (semiconductor devices closed or encapsulate as " LED " (no matter being conventional type or superradiance type) is sold) and Coherent semiconductor device (such as laser diode includes but not limited to vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL))." LED grain " is the most basic form of LED, the discrete component namely made through semiconductor machining program or chip.Such as, LED grain can being combined to form (III-V semiconductor) by the combination of one or more III elements and one or more V group elements.The example of suitable III-V semiconductor material comprises nitride (such as gallium nitride) and phosphide (such as InGaP).Also can use the material of other races in the III-V material of other types and the periodic table of elements.Parts or chip can comprise be applicable to apply electric power with the electric contact making device be energized.Example comprises wire bond, winding engages (TAB) or face-down bonding automatically.Each layer of parts or chip and other function element are formed with wafer scale usually, then the wafer processed can be cut into discrete component, to produce a large amount of LED grain.LED grain can be configured to carry out surface installation, chip directly placed or other known Install and configure.The LED of some encapsulation by forming polymer encapsulant and making on LED grain and associated reflector cup.LED can a kind of substrate in several substrate grow.Such as, can at sapphire, silicon and gallium nitride Epitaxial growth GaN LED.With regard to present patent application, " LED " also should be regarded as comprising the Organic Light Emitting Diode being commonly referred to OLED.
In one aspect of the invention, LED 110 can by two or more different colours (such as, RGB (RGB) LED (such as, red-light LED in conjunction with green light LED in conjunction with blue-ray LED), or alternatively, the combination of red-light LED and green light LED) the array of LED make.On the other hand, LED 110 can comprise one or more remote phosphor LED, is such as described in US 7,091, those in 653.Like this, the appropriate balance of blue light and gold-tinted can produce the white light outputting to backlight optical guide unit 300.
On the other hand, can by blue light GaN LED, YAG fluorophor and collimating optical system (such as, lens and compound parabolic collector) as light source cell 100.Also can be combined the additional illuminators that there is different colours and export.
With regard to the design of system of the present invention, light source 100 can utilize high brightness with efficient LED, can mix and coordinate different discrete colors, and can utilize remote fluorescence build LED.Meanwhile, effective conversion (by keeping the latitude of emulsion) of light can eliminate the needs by using a large amount of LED.
Light source can produce uniform color (such as, the color from Phosphor-conversion type LED), or can be the combination of color.Such as, LED can be the combination of the fluorophor of blue-ray LED and transmitting green light and the AlInGaP LED of red-emitting.Have been found that distortion photoconduction and the combination of steering gear can provide enough path with blend color effectively before the photoconduction of entry of backlight source for the light launched from LED.
Again see Fig. 2 A-2C, in an illustrative aspects of the present invention, the light leaving distortion photoconduction 210 can be received by the coupling mechanism 280 making converter unit 200 be connected with backlight optical guide unit 300.Coupling mechanism 280 can be converter unit 200 part or can independent of converter unit 200.In this example, coupling mechanism 280 will be described as a part for converter unit 200.Such as, as illustrated by figures 2 b and 2 c, coupling mechanism 280 can integratedly with steering component 250 be formed in one-piece construction.
As described in more detail in Fig. 2 G and Fig. 2 H, coupling mechanism 280 comprises the main body being roughly straight line, the described main body being roughly straight line along side (such as, input face 282) there is local staged profile to receive the output of distortion photoconduction, and there is linear profile to couple light into being roughly in the backlight photoconduction of plane of unit 300 along opposite side (such as, output face 284).Particularly, the local staged input face 282 of coupling mechanism 280 can comprise and corresponds to and aim at a series of of the structure of the output face 254 of steering component 250 (such as, face 282a-282e, the ladder height amount of each corresponds to each steering component thickness).At the opposite side of coupling mechanism 280, output face 284 there is substantially linear face and have thickness or height (h3) substantially to mate the thickness of the backlight photoconduction part (photoconduction 310 see in Fig. 5 A) of backlight optical guide unit 300.Light leads via TIR in coupling mechanism 280.Therefore, coupling mechanism 280 is configured to the latitude of emulsion substantially keeping being out of shape photoconduction, corrects the shape inconsistency between thin staged face and substantially linear face simultaneously.
As mentioned above, in one aspect of the invention, coupling mechanism 280 and steering gear 250 form.In this regard, steering gear 250 and coupling mechanism 280 can be made up of continuously moulding goods.Suitable building material comprises acrylic resin, and described acrylic resin comprises polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), curability acrylic resin, polystyrene, polycarbonate, polyester and siloxane.Alternatively, the cutting rod of polymer film can be utilized or form coupling mechanism 280 by casting and curing process.
In some cases, the input area of planar-light guide can be greater than the output (about 2X) of distortion photoconduction substantially, and therefore the thickness of planar-light guide will be thicker than from the required thickness of latitude of emulsion angle.
Output by the area matched coupling mechanism 280 making backlight photoconduction carrys out the latitude of emulsion of keeping system.This coupling by following both one of or both combination come: the thickness reducing backlight photoconduction is to make it thinner or make the profile convergent of coupling mechanism 280 have the thickness larger than local staged input face 282 to make output face 284 than conventional backlight photoconduction.In some are alternative, convergent can be linear or convergent can for nonlinear at least one axis.Suitable non-linear profile can comprise para-curve.
Low-index layer can be arranged between distortion photoconduction 210 and steering gear 250.The coating that low-index layer can be comprised polymer coating or be used by physical vapour deposition (PVD) or chemical vapor deposition.In preferred, low refractive index coating will have low scattering.Suitable coating can comprise silicon dioxide (SiO
2) and MgF
2.
In one aspect of the invention, leave the light entry of backlight source optical guide unit 300 of coupling mechanism 280, light is directed to display by described backlight optical guide unit 300 further.As shown in Figure 5A, backlight optical guide unit 300 comprises the structure being roughly plane with one or more layers.In one aspect, backlight optical guide unit 300 comprises and is arranged on main stor(e)y between layer 330 and layer 320 or first (centre) layer 310.First (centre) layer 310 can comprise the high refractive index polymer layer serving as main backlight photoconduction, such as, and polycarbonate, polystyrene or the phenyl acrylate solidified.Array light being directed to the extraction apparatus 315 (see such as Fig. 6 A, 6B) of the observable side (in this example, being directed to display panel) of device can be arranged in the lower surface of layer 310.The second layer 330 can comprise low-index material, such as optically transparent bonding agent (OCA).In some respects, as bonding agent, layer 330 can be attached to LCD module or intermediate coat, such as brightness enhancement film.Layer 320 can comprise reflecting surface to serve as dorsal part catoptron.
Input light is along first (centre) layer 310 of entry of backlight source, the direction optical guide unit 300 of arrow 305.In some respects, layer 310 can have the refractive index of about 1.55.Light is made at the direction upper deflecting of arrow 307 to provide the illumination of display pannel (not shown) by extraction apparatus.Because the light leaving converter unit 200 has the low latitude of emulsion (such as, being less than 5), therefore this light is intact enters layer 310 collimatedly.Therefore, layer 330 refractive index without the need to substantially lower than the refractive index of layer 310 with the waveguiding structure of remaining valid.Such as, in one aspect of the invention, layer 330 has the refractive index of about 1.49.In other words, with regard to light guide design as herein described, the air boundary of the either side of layer 310 is without the need to realizing effective waveguiding structure.In addition, the thickness of layer 310 can be (compared with the conventional backlit origin system) that substantially reduce.
In one aspect, first (centre) layer 310 comprises and has about 50 μm of materials to about 500 μm of thickness.Preferred thickness can be depending on the height of collimating optic (e.g., CPC) used in light source, and the thickness in its middle level 310 can be about 1/2 of collimating optic height.Layer 310 preferably has the shape being roughly rectangle, but in alternative, and layer 310 can be wedge shape.The reduced thickness of layer 310 represents substantial improvements relative to conventional backlit origin system, and in size (thickness) order of magnitude less of the size (e.g., highly) of LED light source.In conventional backlit origin system, main backlight photoconduction is surrounded by air surface or interface usually on two major opposing sides, because the most wide region of TIR appears at air when serving as photoconduction covering usually.But during structural elements physical contact on one or two major opposing side of photoconduction and backlight photoconduction, air cladding layer is unacceptable.The prior method of this configuration is not best.These prior method comprise the larger light loss that accepts to cause because of poor TIR collection angle scope and the thickness increasing backlight photoconduction to accept the increase height of collimated light beam.These methods can not meet the demand improved power-efficient and realize compared with compact systems.
Light source cell 100 mentioned above and converter unit 200 substantially keep the latitude of emulsion and produce the light with high aspect ratio (20:1 or larger) and well collimated degree.In preferred, the light launched by LED be collimation, make at least 25% of the light launched by LED to be comprised in and have in the cone of the half-angle being not more than about 15 °, be more preferably comprised in be not more than about 10 ° cone in.Therefore, the thickness of backlight optical guide unit 300 can be reduced (e.g., reducing about 2X or more) substantially.In addition, the low scattering of incident light means without the need to air cladding layer and general arrangement thickness can be reduced further.
On the other hand, as shown in Figure 5 B, backlight optical guide unit 300 comprises the structure being roughly plane, described in be roughly plane structure there is following layers: there is the photoconductive layer 310 on the surface of the spaced array comprising extraction apparatus, dorsal part reflection horizon 320, the low-refraction coupling layer 330 be arranged in the corresponding main surfaces of layer 310, make incident polarisation of light offset quarter-wave quarter-wave rete 340 and in order to provide the reflecting polarizer 350 recycled not making to use up.
LCD transmission a kind of polarization of light.Because most of light source is unpolarized, the polarization transmission therefore in conventional LCD causes the remarkable loss of optical efficiency and increases the power consumption of display.By contrast, with regard to design of the present invention, as shown in Figure 5 B, reflecting polarizer 350 increases display efficiency by such as under type: by light polarization back into backlight source, and some allowing in these light thus convert available polarization state to by quarter-wave rete 340.
According to alternative aspect of the present invention, two class methods can be used to convert the polarized light of reflection to required transmission-polarizing.A method utilizes the parts in backlight to make polarisation of light randomization.The reflecting polarizer with scattering lambertian type reverberator is utilized often to make light depolarize as dorsal part reverberator.Suitable polarization randomization reflecting material comprise be positioned at there is optical thickness with the metallic coating on birefringent polymkeric substance (such as, PEN and polyethylene terephthalate (PET)), dichroic coating and their combination.It is suitable that half specular reflector also can be, and described half specular reflector comprises the air gap type PET film of orientation.This configuration produces more reflection in recycling cavity, and can lower efficiency.The advantage of such reverberator resides in reduced the quantity of the optics of such as quarter-wave retardation plate and so on.
What the second method (as shown in the aspect of the present invention in Fig. 5 B) utilized is minute surface (polarization maintenance) the dorsal part reflection horizon with the quarter-wave retardation plate be arranged between dorsal part reflection horizon and reflecting polarizer.Comparable randomized first method of polarization state that makes of this second system method is more effective.In this second method, the optics be arranged between dorsal part reflector layer and reflective polarizer layer should have extremely low optical birefringence to maximize output efficiency.Suitable polarization maintenance reverberator comprises and is arranged on metalized reflector in low birefringence material (such as, polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and other amorphous polymers) and inorganic dichroic reflector and their combination.
In addition, due to the low latitude of emulsion of light source cell 100 and converter unit 200, the light through quarter-wave film has narrower angular range usually, which eliminate for costliness, the needs of the quarter-wave film that widely uses angular range.
Suitable material for low-index layer 330 comprises SiO
2, MgF
2, siloxane polymer, fluoropolymer, acrylic resin and their potpourri.
Perform simulation and adopt the conventional backlit origin system (1) in lambertian type scattering dorsal part reflection horizon and back light source system (2) as shown in Figure 5 B to compare, its middle level 520 comprises 90% (reflection-type) specular reflector, and layer 310 is formed by having the transparent material of extractor arrays, low-refraction OCA layer 330, quarter-wave reflector layer 340 and reflective polarizer layer 350 (being formed by the APF deriving from 3M company).Reverberator is attached to the dorsal part of photoconduction, wherein for this example, can by thin low refractive index coating (such as, the MgF of physical vapour deposition (PVD)
2or silica dioxide coating, be silver or aluminum coating subsequently) be administered to the dorsal part of photoconduction and extractor arrays.Back light source system (2) causes the more effective system than back light source system (1) efficiency high 30% and 100% (this depends on the use of angle gain film).The greatest improvement of generation efficiency when reference display uses angle gain film (such as, deriving from the BEF film of 3M company).In this example, between gain film in angle is positioned at below the top surface of photoconduction and reflecting polarizer usually.The Lighttools software deriving from Synopsis company is utilized to calculate simulated efficiency poor.
Fig. 6 A shows exemplary extraction feature or extraction apparatus 312.Extraction apparatus 312 has truncated pyramid or profile of tooth, and the side of its medium dip is designed to pick up light and makes them with the angular deflection of 90 ° substantially to display unit (not shown).Although interior angle shows that, for 45° angle, these interior angles can be smaller or greater angle in fig. 6, this depends on the characteristic of the light just guided in backlight photoconduction 300.Extraction apparatus is formed in photoconduction, and can utilize Air Interface and optionally promote reflection in conjunction with dielectric thin film coatings (such as, silicon dioxide or magnesium fluoride) by total internal reflection (TIR).Form extraction apparatus by micro-being replicated in photoconduction, wherein, such as, the pattern on metal tools surface copies on light-guiding film by radiation curing resin.Alternatively, photoconduction can comprise glassy layer.Extraction apparatus can comprise the texture region on optical plate, and the controllably scattering of wherein said texture is through the light of optical plate.Alternatively, extraction apparatus can comprise geometric properties, such as prism.Exemplary extraction is characterized as the prism array be distributed in light guide surface.This light output homogeneity being distributed as photoconduction and providing required.Prism can be arranged to the one-dimensional array of such as recessed rectangular prism to make to extract light from photoconduction, and wherein each prism has the height of about 1.5 μm, the length of 3 μm and the width of photoconduction.Prism also can be arranged to two-dimensional array, and wherein the length of each prism is such as about 10 μm.
Fig. 6 B shows the top view of extraction apparatus layer 315, it illustrates the relatively wide distribution spacing of each extractor unit.Like this, each extraction apparatus in extraction apparatus pattern covers the minimum area of backlight unit, promotes the homogeneity of the reflected light of directive display pannel thus.In one aspect of the invention, the density of extraction apparatus be the area of photoconduction be about less than 20%.On the other hand, the density of extraction apparatus be the area of photoconduction be about less than 10%.Therefore, the light launched by back light source system is in relatively little angular range, and this is the result of the low latitude of emulsion design and use extraction apparatus as herein described of back light source system.This low-density of extraction apparatus allows recycling polarizer structure and more effectively working, because less extraction apparatus causes the lower randomization of light polarization of the embodiment of Fig. 5 B.Example procedure for the formation of extraction apparatus layer 315 is described in greater detail in hereinafter.
According to the simulation performed by researcher, reflecting polarizer is added to the brightness that conventional backlight increases by 50% to 70% usually.The exemplary modeled system of LightTools version 7.2 is utilized (to derive from Synopys Inc. (Mountain View, CA, USA)), the brightness that conventional BacklightSystems3LEDBacklight has 72% by the APF film display adding simulation increases.For being configured to the system similar with the embodiment such as shown in Fig. 5 B, its middle level 320 comprises 90% specular reflector, layer 310 is by the refractive index with 1.58 and have the polymeric material of extractor arrays, low-refraction OCA layer 330 and quarter-wave and postpone lamella 340 and formed, and adds the efficiency increase that reflective polarizer layer 350 (being formed by the APF deriving from 3M company) causes having 93%.
Therefore, although conventional LCD backlight uses reflecting polarizer to have the gain of relatively low 60% to 70%, according to illustrative aspects of the present invention, back light source system as herein described can provide the gain of 80% to 90%.According to other aspects, backlight photoconduction can have low-density extraction apparatus feature, the back surfaces of high reverse--bias and reflecting polarizer.Backlight photoconduction can use prism to extract feature, and can comprise quarter-wave phase shift films.Backlight also can comprise the non-type diffusing globe that depolarizes.
According to a further aspect in the invention, some parts of backlight unit as herein described can utilize following operation to be formed (comprising the element of converter unit 200 and backlight optical guide unit 300).Fig. 7 A-7F illustrates described operation for auxiliary.
In general, example procedure comprises the cavity of the second array of the first array and the second optical element (it has the shape being different from the first array) providing and at least have the first optical element.Such as, in one aspect, the first array of optical element can comprise steering gear and the second array of optical element can comprise the backlight photoconduction with extraction apparatus.On the other hand, the second array of optical element can comprise coupling element.Described operation also comprises and utilizes curable resin to carry out filled chamber.Another optical element or secondary optics (being such as out of shape photoconduction) can be administered to curable resin when aligning the first optical array.Then can be cured by resin.Then curing assembly can be removed from cavity.In alternative, mould (such as, the surface of coupling element) can be administered to the same side (with distortion photoconduction homonymy) of the first array.Example procedure can be continuous print (utilization is positioned at the mould on band or right cylinder), semi-continuous or in batches.
In more detail, in fig. 7, molded surface or mould 400 are illustrated as (with partial view) and have sunk area (such as, cavity), and described sunk area has the negative-appearing image of required optical element shape.The negative-appearing image of required optical element shape can be any recessed or convex shape, or the combination of both.Optical element can be array or randomly shaped, and can comprise such as aspheres, spheroid form, prism, torus shape and passage.By diamond turning or fly to cut master mold and electroforming mould to prepare mould 400.Mould 400 comprises part 420, and described part 420 is configured to the converter unit (such as, steering gear, distortion photoconduction) comprising backlight photoconduction.Such as, part 420 can comprise triangular groove.Part 450 is configured to comprise backlight photoconduction.Such as, part 450 can have the such as structure shown in Fig. 8 (to exaggerate than exemplifying), described in there is and be formed at extractor arrays in the lower surface 411 of mould or extraction apparatus layer 415 (it is similar to extraction apparatus layer 315 mentioned above).The instrument that can be used for being formed the mould of the array with extraction apparatus 415 is described in greater detail in hereinafter.
In one aspect, mould 400 can be configured to form the backlight photoconduction for mobile device or hand-held device.In other respects, operation as herein described can be used for the back light source system forming larger display (such as panel computer, computing machine or television indicator).
Optionally, the material that can utilize remover or have a required optical characteristics (such as, lower than the refractive index of curable resin) is coated with molded surface.This coating can keep together with mould or just adhere to curable resin once solidify.The example of this type of suitable coating comprises the material of diamond like carbon coating, siloxane, acrylate, fluoropolymer and physical vapour deposition (PVD).
In figure 7b, curable resin 455 is utilized to fill mould 400.Curable resin is used by dip-coating, the coating of line rod, scraper for coating, ink-jet application, roller coat, silk screen coating or any other coating process.Curable resin can be single composition, or can change according to the region on molded surface.Suitable resin comprises acrylate, siloxane, epoxy resin, ester, vinyl compound, and can comprise such as acrylic acid, methyl methacrylate, other monofunctional acrylates, polyfunctional acrylic ester, dimethyl siloxane, methyl-phenylsiloxane, fluorinated acrylate and their potpourri.
In fig. 7 c, secondary optics (such as, being out of shape photoconduction 210) can be placed on the curable resin at part 420 place when the array with optical element (such as, steering gear) aligns.The surface of resin or can be administered in atmospheric environment in inert gas environment (such as nitrogen, helium, argon gas or carbon dioxide) by secondary optics.Can heat optical element or resin or both, to reduce resin viscosity and to reduce gas-entrained trend.Also subatmospheric pressure can be used to carry secretly to reduce air.Secondary optics can be aimed at the feature on reference point or mould, or can aim at passively with the feature on mould, or aims at by the combination of two or more methods.Adjustable height is to reduce the meniscus between optical element and resin.Secondary optics can be used with secondary molding structure simultaneously, or they can be used individually.
In fig. 7d, one or more removable secondary mold is administered to the surface of mould 400.In this example, secondary mold 422 is administered to the part 420 of mould 400.Secondary mold 422 is preferably transparent to curing radiation (such as electron beam irradiation).What optional removable secondary mold can be administered in resin surface is some or all.Secondary molding surface can be aimed at the feature on reference point or mould, or can aim at passively with the feature on mould, or aims at by the combination of two or more methods.Adjustable height is to reduce the meniscus between molded surface and resin.In this example, mould 422 can be shaping, to form coupling element (such as coupling element 280) after solidification.In addition, optionally, film can be administered to the surface of mould 400, to contribute to removing secondary mold after solidification.
After arranging removable secondary mold, solidify this resin 455.Thermal initiator or catalyzer can be utilized, by thermal drivers condensation, by light trigger or by other actinic radiations of comprising electron beam or carry out cured resin by the one or more combination in these methods.In one aspect, conventional curing is utilized to carry out cured resin 455 by radiation (such as, electron beam irradiation).Meanwhile, UV and/or other light beam curings can be adopted.Compared with UV curing, utilize electron beam irradiation can reduce potential raise problems in terms of light absorption.
In figure 7e, show solidification after and the mould 400 that has been removed of secondary mold 422.
In figure 7f, the optically transparent binder film with liner can be administered to the top surface of consolidated structures.Then the assembly comprising backlight photoconduction, coupling element, converter and distortion photoconduction can be shifted out from mould 400.
In addition, aftertreatment can be carried out to one or more surfaces of cured resin structure and secondary optics.Suitable aftertreatment comprises and utilizes dielectric material (such as MgF
2, SiO
2, or Al
2o
3) or the combination of metal (comprising aluminium or silver) or dielectric material and metal carry out physical vapor coating.In one aspect, suitable combination comprises low-refraction dielectric material (such as, MgF
2or SiO
2) coating and the coating of aluminium subsequently or silver.Low-refraction dielectric coat adds the reflectivity under high angle, and is transparent in allow metal reflected light effectively under high angle.
Shifting out and/or after aftertreatment, then assembly can be attached to top or bottom display surface (not shown).
Therefore, above-mentioned operation can be used to prepare the one or more elements in the light source light guiding systems 10 shown in Fig. 1.
As mentioned above, backlight photoconduction comprises the extractor arrays or extraction apparatus layer that light are rebooted in an uniform way display.Fig. 9 A-9F below shows the example procedure that can be utilized.In this example procedure, provide surface, wherein groove array is formed on the surface.Utilize polymer-filled groove, described polymkeric substance can carry out complanation.Combination by patterned radiation and etching limits polymkeric substance further.Can use electroforming to be formed the duplicate on the surface with selected groove part, the side of its further groove can become at least 45 angles spent with light guide plate.Gained photoconduction can have the first type surface extracting feature (that is, extraction apparatus) containing light (low-density), and that wherein extracts that feature accounts for the area of first type surface is less than 10%.
Fig. 9 A shows the isometric views of substrate 401, and described substrate 401 has a series of grooves 403 in formed thereon surperficial 402.Substrate 401 can be formed by metal (such as copper, nickel or their alloy).Conventional cutting technique (such as diamond cut technique) can be utilized to form groove 403.
Fig. 9 B shows the substrate 401 being coated with polymeric layer 404, and described polymeric layer 404 is filled with the groove be formed in upper surface 402.Polymeric layer 404 can comprise the potpourri of any one or material in material.In one aspect, polymeric layer 404 comprises photoresist.Alternatively, polymeric layer 404 can comprise and such as can carry out by conventional electrical bundle, reactive ion or similar etch process the polymkeric substance that etches.
Optionally, can make subsequently through polymer-coated base plane, as shown in Figure 9 C.Utilize this step, polymkeric substance/resist can be retained in the groove previously formed, and removes remaining polymkeric substance/resist from upper surface 402 simultaneously.The common process being applicable to complanation comprises such as abrasive polishing and chemically mechanical polishing (CMP).Complanation can increase the smoothness of finished product photoconduction.Complanation can not be needed in some applications.
Then polymkeric substance/resist (complanation or non-complanation) layer 404 can be exposed to patterned radiation.Alternatively, pattern etched barrier can be utilized to carry out overlying polymer layer 404, and carry out patterned polymer layer by reactive ion etching.Fig. 9 D shown etching step after substrate 401.
In some respects, the etching face of the extraction apparatus feature crossing with the first type surface of photoconduction can have high angle, and can be close perpendicular to first type surface.In some respects, can adopt relative method to little angle excursion, be conducive to electroforming exfoliation tool afterwards surface.Etched surfaces 407 is also preferably level and smooth and not scattered light substantially.In some applications, can preferably to have vertically or the etching face of even undercutting.In some respects, etching face becomes the angle between 90 degree and 60 degree with first type surface, and more preferably, described angle, between 85 degree and 60 degree, and most preferably, the angle ranging from the angle become with first type surface between 80 degree and 70 degree.
Etching substrate can utilize metal level to be coated with subsequently, and utilizes other metals (such as nickel, copper or comprise nickel or copper or the alloy of both) to carry out electroforming.Fig. 9 E shows the finished product electroforming part 408 be formed in substrate 401.
Electroforming part 408 after Fig. 9 F shows and to be separated with substrate.Substrate 401 or the first electroforming part 408 can be used for follow-up electroforming step, to be formed for casting, solidifying or the auxiliary tools of injection operation.
Therefore, back light source system mentioned above and parts thereof provide efficient illumination for display.Back light source system and parts thereof combine or provide the high efficiency lighting system of the general components having the low latitude of emulsion and reduce quantity individually.For back light source system described herein, the needs for air space can be eliminated, offer an opportunity thus for pressure-sensing touch display and haptic system.The comparable conventional backlight of back light source system is thinner, allows to utilize optically transparent bonding agent to carry out thus laminated.In addition, the needs that diagonal angle strengthens film are eliminated.
Although the object in this article for describing preferred embodiment illustrate and describes specific embodiment, but those of ordinary skill in the art will understand, without departing from the scope of the present invention, there is the multiple embodiment substituted or be equal to and replace shown and described specific embodiment.Those of skill in the art will easily recognize, can implement the present invention by numerous embodiment.This application is intended to any adjustment or the modification that contain embodiment discussed herein.
Claims (17)
1. a backlight photoconduction, comprising:
Be roughly the structure of plane, the described structure being roughly plane has photoconductive layer, dorsal part reflection horizon, be arranged on low-refraction coupling layer in the corresponding main surfaces of described photoconductive layer and in order to provide the reflecting polarizer recycled not making to use up, described photoconductive layer has the surface of the spaced array comprising extraction apparatus.
2. backlight photoconduction according to claim 1, wherein said dorsal part reflection horizon comprises lambertian type reverberator.
3. backlight photoconduction according to claim 1, also comprises quarter-wave rete and offsets quarter-wave to make incident polarisation of light.
4. backlight photoconduction according to claim 3, wherein said dorsal part reflection horizon comprises polarization maintenance specular reflector.
5. the backlight photoconduction according to any one of claim 1-4, wherein each extraction apparatus comprises the truncated pyramid or profile of tooth with angled side.
6. backlight photoconduction according to claim 1, wherein the height of each extraction apparatus is 5 μm to 10 μm.
7. backlight photoconduction according to claim 1, wherein the surface of each extraction apparatus is coated with reflective metal layer.
8. backlight photoconduction according to claim 1, the density of wherein said extraction apparatus is less than 20% of the area of described backlight photoconduction.
9. backlight photoconduction according to claim 1, wherein said photoconductive layer comprises the rectangular configuration formed by high refractive index polymer.
10. backlight photoconduction according to claim 9, wherein said high refractive index polymer comprises at least one in the phenyl acrylate of polycarbonate, polystyrene and solidification.
, wherein there is not the air boundary be located immediately on arbitrary major opposing side of described photoconductive layer in 11. backlight photoconductions according to claim 1.
12. backlight photoconductions according to claim 1, wherein said dorsal part reflection horizon comprises polarization randomization reflecting material.
13. backlight photoconductions according to claim 4, wherein said polarization maintenance specular reflector comprises at least one in metalized reflector and inorganic dichroic reflector.
14. backlight photoconductions according to claim 1, wherein said low-refraction coupling layer comprises SiO
2, MgF
2, siloxane polymer, fluoropolymer, one in acrylic resin and their potpourri.
15. backlight photoconductions according to claim 1, the array of wherein said extraction apparatus is formed by micro-copying.
16. backlight photoconductions according to claim 1, wherein said backlight photoconduction provides the gain of at least 80%.
17. backlight photoconductions according to claim 1, also comprise the non-type diffusing globe that depolarizes.
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